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Surfing Santas break world record at Australia's most famous beach

​A group of 320 surfing Santas in Australia have set a new world record at the nation's most popular beach in a display that is quintessentially an Australian Christmas.

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Facebook Offers to Ease the Pain of Breaking Up

Facebook was built to bring people together. Now it wants to help people break up.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma in Manila: Trade can unite

Speaking in Manila before hundreds of the world top businessmen, Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of successful Internet giant Alibaba, discussed the growth of the company and emphasized the value of the Internet and trade in today’s business.

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Students in quake-struck SW China start semester in new school

Students of a middle school in a township in southwest China's Yunnan Province that was hit by an earthquake one year ago moved to a new school building on Tuesday as the new semester began.

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Multi-mln dollar gov't fund granted by Australian gov't to help outback communities prevent bushfires

​The Australian government on Monday allocated 2 million U.S. dollars to help prevent deadly bushfires from ravaging rural Victorian communities.

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Mexican, China join forces to fight obesity

Mexican doctors will train in acupuncture and other alternative medical techniques thanks to an agreement between local officials from Mexico and China, media reported Monday.

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Philippine president asks Filipino-Chinese businessmen to help empower Filipino workers

​Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday urged Filipino-Chinese businessmen to help further empower the Filipinos to achieve inclusive growth.

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Public donations aid boy, 8, who defies medical opinion

The plight of Song Liuchen, from a village in Shangqiu, Henan province, who has confounded medical experts by fighting epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare skin disease, since birth, has caused a nationwide sensation.

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Residence permit reform to give migrants equal rights

China unveiled a plan to reform the country's residence permit system on Thursday that would grant migrants equal access to more public services.

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Singapore restaurant plans to introduce flying robotic waiters

A Singapore restaurant is thinking of launching autonomous flying robots to do some waiters' work in one of its outlets by the end of next year, local media reported on Thursday.

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Ukraine calls for global efforts to de-escalate crisis

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk on Wednesday urged the international community to make coordinated efforts to de-escalate the tensions in the country's eastern regions.

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EU to provide over 30 mln euros to help redundant workers

EU to provide over 30 mln euros to help redundant workers

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France to deliver military equipment to Lebanon after aid contract ends

France is prepared to provide weapons and military equipment to Lebanon to help its military forces combat jihadists under a 3-billion-U.S.-dollar project financed by Saudi Arabia.

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Britain to send 1.6 mln pounds arms to Iraq

​The British government will send a consignment of heavy machine guns and ammunition worth 1.6 million pounds (2.6 million U.S. dollars) to Iraq's government to help fight the Islamic State (ISIS), said the British Ministry of Defence Tuesday.

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S.Korea to raise 7 service industries to boost growth potential

S.Korea to raise 7 service industries to boost growth potential

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Taskforce heads for Tibet traffic site

A taskforce headed by an official from the State Administration of Work Safety left Beijing on Sunday for the site of a deadly traffic accident that killed 44 in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Saturday.

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25 countries to attend global rubber conference in Sri Lanka this year

A total of 25 countries will gather in Sri Lanka for the Global Rubber Conference (GRC) this year, an official said on Monday.